From: Hildegaard Beauregard [ljlife@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 7:15 AM
To: Lee Jerome Life
Subject: Roll Englandia

Reporting from World Cup Watch Central.

In the 5th minute, Rio Ferdinand headed a corner from
David Beckham that fell behind Danish goalkeeper
Thomas Sorensen, who then knocked the ball on the goal
line for an England goal. In the 22nd minute, Trevor
Sinclair sent a pass into the box, Nicky Butt put his
foot in front of it to flip it through the traffic,
and Michael Owen stopped it, turned around and scooted
the ball past the lunging Sorensen, just inside the
post. In the 44th minute, a throw-in missed over
Beckham, but was deflected right back to him by the
Danish defender. Beckham crossed to the corner of the
box, slid the ball over to Emile Hesky and Hesky fired
a low shot that Sorensen's touch only deflected to the
center of the goal.

It was England 3-0 before the half.

Denmark, meanwhile, had been infected by the French
bug, missing badly on several good chances. The second
half fell into the predictable prevent game, though
England had much more poise than in previous attempts
to sit on the lead. England had a few good chances of
their own earlier in the second half, particularly a
lightning strike by Beckham that Sorensen had to slap
over the top of the goal, and one later on, a perfect
jump by Sinclair to meet Robbie Fowler's cross, but
headed just over the corner of the goal. Denmark was
frustrated and out of synch, and then scrambling more
urgently as time wore on, never had the poise they
showed in their previous matches.

They played through a downpour in most of the first
half.

England's rousing win has them through to the
quarterfinals, a step further than their famous match
with Argentina left them in '98. It's a big rally for
a team that limped into the tournament, but also a
show of their stock of talent, as many of the players
are younger ones picked just before the tournament to
replace others who were injured. Their next challenge
is the winner of the Belgium v. Brazil match.

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